Paint applying device



J June 8, 1943. w. PIERCY PAINT APPLYING DEVICE File'd Aug. 12, 1942WILLIAM PIERCY INVENTOR.

BY I a 4 W W Patented June 8, 1943 1 UNITED STATES JPATENT OFFICE2,321,511 PAINT APPLYING DEVICE William Picrcy, Philadelphia, Pa.Application August 12, 1942, Serial No. 454,625

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a paint applying device which is adapted for useon screens, walls and the like and it relates more particularly to apaint applying device for use upon screens or walls and the like whichdo not present a perfectly flat, smooth or square surface and which cannot be very easily painted by the conventional brush.

In my Patent No. 1,976,511 I disclose a paint applying device consistinggenerally of a handle and a roller covered with plushlike material andcarried by an extension of the handle at right angles to a grippingportion of the handle, said device having proved very satisfactory andsuccessful for the purposes for which is was conceived.

Due to the necessity of painting outside brick walls, for instance, thesurfaces of which are not quite smooth, as well as for painting screensthat may not be quite flat and more particularly for the painting ofinside walls the trend in which recently has been towards the irregularas distinguished from the smooth surfaces heretofore used, I havedevised a novel paint applying device which is capable of automaticallyadjusting itself to such irregular surfaces, my novel painting devicealso possessing double the work capacity of the device disclosed in myabove mentioned patent.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will be more clearlyunderstood from the following specification and the accompanying drawinginwhich:

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a paint applying device embodyingmy invention.

Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of Fig. 1 showing details ofconstruction.

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters indicatelike parts, 4 designates a shaft which carries the spacing roller 8 andto which is secured the handle 8 which is preferably covered with woodas at ill. The handle construction is such as to form no part of theinvention as any suitable handle can be used. l2 designates rollers ofthe desired 'size which are provided with a detachable covering II whichis made of plush or plushlike materialhaving a short upstanding nap. Therollers l2 are secured in position by means of washers l6 slipped overthe ends of the shaft 4 and retained in position by the cotter pin 18,it being noted that the outer ends of the rollers 12 are recessed'as at20 and that the outer ends of the shaft 4 are well within the recesses20. This permits the outer edges of the rollers to reach up againstintersecting surfaces of a corner. The rollers 12 are provided withbores 22 having a, diameter much greater than the diameter of the shaftI so that a great amount of play is provided which permits the rollers l2 to deviate from or assume angular positions with respect to the axisof the shaft 4 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. By this means, if theright hand roller should meet an elevation at some point or other alongits length it can tilt as desired while the left hand roller follows aneven course and vice versa. Thus the invention resides primarily in theprovision of two suitably spaced rollers adapted to work simultaneously.said rollers having a relatively great amount of play with respect totheir supporting longitudinally extending shaft so as to be free toadapt themselves to irregularities that may be encountered on thesurface to be painted.

Paint applying devices built according to my disclosure have been madeand sold and used successfully in the trade.

I claim:

1. A paint applying device comprising a pair of rollers having internallongitudinal bores, and a shaft extending through said bores forsupporting said rollers, the diameter of said shaft being much smallerthan the diameter of said bores,

whereby each of said rollers is adapted to assume a position parallelto, or at an angle to the axis of said shaft and the axis of the otherof said rollers.

paint applying device comprising a shaft, a pair of spaced elongatedrollers having internal longitudinal bores therein through which saidshaft extends, and a nap-bearing covering for said rollers, the diameterof said bores being substantially greater than the diameter of saidshaft whereby each of said rollers is adapted to assume a positionparallel or at an angle to the axis of said support, independently ofthe otherlof said rollers.

WILLIAM PIERCY.

